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Shot in the arm for Sumatran elephants and tigers

Elephants and WWF staff form the flying squads in Tesso Nilo National Park, Riau Province, Sumatra, Indonesia. Their job is to drive back wild elephants that approach human settlements, where they can cause considerable damage, injuries and even death. Encroachment by palm oil plantations into elephant habitat have greatly increased conflicts between humans and elephants.
The Indonesian government is to double the size of a national park that is one of the last havens for endangered Sumatran elephants and tigers.

Tesso Nilo National Park was created in 2004 with 38,000 hectares of forest. Today’s declaration will see that figure increase to 86,000 by the end of this year. Read more
 

Russian government gives Far Eastern Leopard chance for survival

Amur Leopard, located in the Russian Far East. As of mid-2008, only 35 remain in existence.
The survival of the 35 remaining Amur leopards of the Russian Far East has been given a huge boost following a government decision to establish a unified, centrally governed protected area.

The proposal will see jurisdiction of Russia’s oldest nature reserve, Kedrovaya Pad, as well as two adjacent wildlife refuges transferred to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology from the three separate agencies that currently regulate them. Read more
 

Congo Basin passes 1 million ha milestone in swing to sustainable forestry

The Congo Basin rainforest is the second-largest in the world, after the Amazon rainforest.
Yaoundé, Cameroon - WWF today announced that more than one million hectares of Congo Basin forests have achieved certification under the world’s leading sustainable forestry scheme. The world’s second largest block of rainforests, the Congo Basin is a haven for indigenous peoples and endangered species like elephants and gorillas. It is also important in sequestering carbon and safeguarding water supply and quality. Read more
 

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06 Oct 2008
New Madagascar project to measure carbon savings from forest conservation
Up to 500,000 hectares of moist and spiny forests in Madagascar are to be protected or restored in a pioneering project which will include testing ways to measure climate impacts.

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